Broadways stars sing pop?

[broadway86]

Posted: 1/12/05 at 11:19pm

Since a lot of people have been complaining about pop stars doing Broadway, I thought it would be fun to switch things up a bit.

Here's how you play: Pick a pop song, then select a Broadway star that you would like to hear sing it.

Like so:

"Since U Been Gone" - Eden Espinosa (Kelly Clarkson)
"Somebody Told Me" - Adam Pascal (The Killers)
"Absolutely Zero" - Gavin Creel (Jason Mraz)
"My Boo" - Corey Reynolds & Trisha Jeffrey (Usher Raymond & Alicia Keys)

See what I mean? Have fun.

PS - Does this count as 'on-topic'?

[IMsooHyprToday]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 2:52am

hmmm... i cant think of any pop songs for broadway people to sing... but i do think it would be appropriate/humorous to see Britany Spears to sing "I Can't say No" from Oklahoma!

[bronxboundexpress]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 3:12am

Only 1 in 100 Broadway singers who "sing pop" actually have the ability to do it correctly.

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 2:00pm

If you ever go to the gigs at XL or The Bitter End or Acme Underground or The Tank, they do it all the time.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 2:02pm

yeah... how come broadway stars can go out and record rock/pop albums but god forbid if a pop/rock artist does a broadway show.

Alice Ripley, Adam Pascal and Idina Mendzel are just a few.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 3:53pm

agreed, Jon.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 3:57pm

I don't know about Pascal, but it's pretty common knowledge that Ripley and Menzel want to be pop singers, not actresses. The Broadway gigs for them were to gain a higher profile and make some money.

[zippyjen]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 4:10pm

Adam Pascal started out as a musician in a rock band. He sort of wound up in Rent as an accident.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 4:15pm

Updated On: 1/13/05 at 04:15 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 4:16pm

In other words, we'll only accept pop singers on Broadway if we don't know they're really pop singers.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 4:19pm

To add to zippy's post: Adam's always wanted to fulfill that "rock star" dream, and just sort of ended up doing theatre, being good at it, and enjoying it. He's lucky that he can move pretty seamlessly between the two. It's obvious that he's still first and foremost a musician, though... and, well, more power to him (and the others that want to branch out) for going for it.

And, I know I'm being more than sligtly elitist here, but I feel like the difference lies in the reasoning behind *most* instances of pop star casting on Broadway. The Broadway actors who have been able to cross over - mostly on a small scale like the people we've mentioned in this thread so far - are cast because of musical theatre talent. They aren't cast becaue of their sensational record sales and recording careers, like the "true" pop stars are.

Updated On: 1/13/05 at 04:19 PM